Politifact.com: Statements from Bill Nelsonhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/bill-nelson/Statements from Bill Nelson reviewed by Politifact.comen-usTue, 22 Nov 2016 12:04:49 -0500Bill Nelson - Bill Nelson says Donald Trump intends to expand oil drillinghttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/nov/22/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-donald-trump-intends-expand-oil-d/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Bill Nelson says Donald Trump intends to expand oil drilling
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<p>Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson spent the week after the 2016 election fighting against a bill that would have steered more royalties from oil drilling to some Gulf states. Nelson&rsquo;s state of Florida already bans offshore oil drilling near its coasts. But Nelson feared that by dangling more royalties, state leaders would be more open to drilling near Florida in the future. In a speech on the Senate floor Nov. 16, Nelson said President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s position on the issue is concerning to environmentalists. &nbsp; &quot;Ever since I was a young congressman, I&rsquo;ve been fighting to keep oil rigs ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2016/nov/22/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-donald-trump-intends-expand-oil-d/">>> More</a>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:04:49 -0500http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/nov/22/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-donald-trump-intends-expand-oil-d/Bill Nelson - Democrats stretch impact of Planned Parenthood exclusion in Zika billhttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jun/28/bill-nelson/democrats-zika-impact-planned-parenthood-exclusion/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Democrats stretch impact of Planned Parenthood exclusion in Zika bill
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<p>Emergency money to block the spread of the Zika virus won&rsquo;t be coming any time real soon. A $1.1 billion funding measure failed to win enough support for an up or down vote in the Senate. The major stumbling point wasn&rsquo;t the money (though Democrats wanted additional funding). Rather, it was the strings that were attached to the measure as it relates to combatting the virus in Puerto Rico. After the House passed the bill on a largely party line vote, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., berated it. &quot;&quot;The House Zika bill is a disaster,&quot; Nelson said June 24, 2016. &quot;Not ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2016/jun/28/bill-nelson/democrats-zika-impact-planned-parenthood-exclusion/">>> More</a>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:11:45 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jun/28/bill-nelson/democrats-zika-impact-planned-parenthood-exclusion/Bill Nelson - Rick Scott signed a law to give politicians &#39;an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances,&#39; Nelson sayshttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/jun/23/bill-nelson/rick-scott-signed-law-give-politicians-easy-way-av/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Rick Scott signed a law to give politicians 'an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances,' Nelson says
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<p>Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson passed up the chance to run for governor against Rick Scott this year, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean he&rsquo;s done attacking the Republican incumbent. Nelson went on the offensive against the governor, with a page on his website entitled &quot;The public has a right to know,&quot; asking for people to sign up to protest Scott&rsquo;s alleged lack of transparency. The message also went out via email. &quot;Last year, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill giving Florida&rsquo;s public officials and candidates an easy way to avoid financial disclosure of their assets,&quot; Nelson said in ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2014/jun/23/bill-nelson/rick-scott-signed-law-give-politicians-easy-way-av/">>> More</a>Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:09:35 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/jun/23/bill-nelson/rick-scott-signed-law-give-politicians-easy-way-av/Bill Nelson - Florida surpassed New York in population, Bill Nelson sayshttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/apr/14/bill-nelson/florida-surpassed-new-york-population-bill-nelson-/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Florida surpassed New York in population, Bill Nelson says
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<p>Hurricane-prone Florida is a populous state that needs a robust National Guard, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., argued during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing about National Guard cuts. Under the Budget Control Act, the Florida National Guard which currently has about 12,000 troops could lose up to 1,000 soldiers and airmen if cuts are distributed evenly across the states. The cuts could start in 2015. As Nelson talked about the need for Guard troops in states that face hurricanes, he snuck in a smidgen of one upmanship over New York. &quot;My state of Florida is now the third-largest ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2014/apr/14/bill-nelson/florida-surpassed-new-york-population-bill-nelson-/">>> More</a>Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:00:52 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/apr/14/bill-nelson/florida-surpassed-new-york-population-bill-nelson-/Bill Nelson - Bill Nelson says navigators are nothing newhttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/sep/30/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-florida-already-has-similar-navig/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Bill Nelson says navigators are nothing new
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<p>Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., has a message for Republican Gov. Rick Scott who doesn&rsquo;t want Obamacare &quot;navigators&quot; spreading the word about the health care law: Relax. We&rsquo;ve had similar folks helping Floridians navigate health care programs for many years. Scott has sought to ban Obamacare navigators from county health departments and has faced some blowback: Broward and Pinellas counties have refused to comply and Miami-Dade may follow their lead. Nelson portrayed Scott as a hypocrite because he said there are already similar navigators who help Floridians with questions about health insurance. &quot;State officials have so far failed to mention that ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2013/sep/30/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-florida-already-has-similar-navig/">>> More</a>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:41:08 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/sep/30/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-florida-already-has-similar-navig/Bill Nelson - Bill Nelson says state costs &#39;fully reimbursable&#39; by FEMA in event of disasterhttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jun/18/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-fema-will-fully-reimburse-florida/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Bill Nelson says state costs 'fully reimbursable' by FEMA in event of disaster
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<p> Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson recently sparred about the impact of sequestration on the Florida National Guard. Tropical Storm Andrea&rsquo;s arrival in early June prompted Scott to write Nelson and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, urging them to work with the Department of Defense to spare civilian guard employees from pay cuts as a result of the automatic spending cuts agreed to by President Barack Obama and Congress. About 1,000 employees of the Florida National Guard must take a furlough day each week starting July 8 to Sept. 30, the end of ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2013/jun/18/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-fema-will-fully-reimburse-florida/">>> More</a>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:37 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jun/18/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-fema-will-fully-reimburse-florida/Bill Nelson - Bill Nelson says Rick Scott returned a $1 million grant to strengthen reviews of insurance rateshttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jun/11/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-rick-scott-returned-1-million-gra/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Bill Nelson says Rick Scott returned a $1 million grant to strengthen reviews of insurance rates
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<p> Sen. Bill Nelson did not have high hopes when he pressured Gov. Rick Scott to veto an insurance regulation bill that Nelson said could harm consumers. Nelson, a Democrat who used to be the state&rsquo;s insurance commissioner, asked Scott to veto SB 1842, which prevents state regulators from reviewing rate hikes for new plans in 2014 and 2015 as the federal health care law is implemented. &quot;Given the governor&rsquo;s recent decision to return $1 million in federal funding that would have helped the state cover the cost of overseeing insurance rates under the new ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2013/jun/11/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-rick-scott-returned-1-million-gra/">>> More</a>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:18:26 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jun/11/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-rick-scott-returned-1-million-gra/Bill Nelson - Sen. Bill Nelson says 2011 budget deal included immediate cutshttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/feb/25/bill-nelson/sen-bill-nelson-says-2011-budget-deal-included-imm/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Sen. Bill Nelson says 2011 budget deal included immediate cuts
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<p> As Washington wrangles over how to avoid the sequester, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson spoke with a Central Florida news station to help explain the issue &mdash; and now viewers question his accuracy. Anchor Ybeth Bruzual had asked Nelson, a Democrat, about mandatory budget cuts set to go into effect March 1: &quot;How did we get to this point?&quot; Here&rsquo;s what he told viewers of Central Florida News 13, a partner of PolitiFact Florida: &quot;Well, a year and a half ago, when the country, in order to pay its bills, ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/feb/25/bill-nelson/sen-bill-nelson-says-2011-budget-deal-included-imm/">>> More</a>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:58:44 -0500http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/feb/25/bill-nelson/sen-bill-nelson-says-2011-budget-deal-included-imm/Bill Nelson - Bill Nelson said Connie Mack asked for stimulus money for his districthttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/nov/02/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-said-connie-mack-asked-stimulus-money-/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Bill Nelson said Connie Mack asked for stimulus money for his district
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<p> Make no mistake, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, opposes the federal stimulus. He&rsquo;s decried President Barack Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which poured $787 billion into the economy, a &quot;waste of money&quot; and a move &quot;to ignore the will of the American people.&quot; He&rsquo;s released media statements and ads accusing Obama and Sen. Bill Nelson, whom he wants to unseat from the U.S. Senate, of pushing a stimulus that wasted &quot;millions in taxpayer dollars&quot; on things like cocaine-addicted monkeys. (PolitiFact pegged that ad as Mostly False.) ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2012/nov/02/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-said-connie-mack-asked-stimulus-money-/">>> More</a>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:36:19 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/nov/02/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-said-connie-mack-asked-stimulus-money-/Bill Nelson - Bill Nelson says Connie Mack voted against NASA billhttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/nov/01/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-connie-mack-voted-against-nasa-bi/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Bill Nelson says Connie Mack voted against NASA bill
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<p> As Florida&rsquo;s U.S. Senate debate came to a close, sitting Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson glanced at his notes, gestured to his opponent and lobbed a final missile. &quot;We have a great pride in this state in our space program,&quot; Nelson began, turning toward Republican Challenger U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV. &quot;My opponent is the only member of the Florida delegation that voted against a bill to help NASA.&quot; Mack was so busy fending off other Nelson attacks during that Oct. 17 debate, he didn&rsquo;t respond to the accusation about the NASA bill.<br ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2012/nov/01/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-connie-mack-voted-against-nasa-bi/">>> More</a>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:48:58 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/nov/01/bill-nelson/bill-nelson-says-connie-mack-voted-against-nasa-bi/